Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-23
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
A peculiar tragedy is reported fro

pressed by financial losses, and as is stated,
greatly excited from the excessive heat.
went into his barn Monday afternoon, and
placing halter strap around his neck
hanged himself to rafter above. His wife
to go into the barn for some pur-
pose. discovered his dead body swinging
from a rafter, and flew to the house, pro-
cured q knife and cut him down, immedi-
ately falling in a fainting fit. She did not
recover therefrom till Tuesday morning,
when she was SO exhausted by the shock and
faint together that she died few hours
later.
At Philadelphia, Pa, there were
three deaths on the 10Th, from sunstroke;
at st. Louis, No., IS prostrations and three
deaths; at New York city there many pros
trations, the elevated railroad cars were
dried to punk, and came near taking fire
spontaneously. The surface cars were
nearly as bad, and the drivers could not
stick to the time schedule on account of the
exhaustion of the horses. At Chicago there
We're eight sunstroke deaths for the "a hours
ending at midnight of the 10th, aud 40 adj
dltlonal cases OF prostration, number of
which were expected to prove fatal. At
Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday there
were % prOstrations and II deaths Street
car horses fell in the streets from heat.
Saturday the 10Th was another hot
day throughout the country, Atlanta, Ca,
showing the highest temperature, 1O2, and
Denver, Col, the lowest, S.. Advices to the
associated press show the following extreme
temperature at the points named on the
10TH. Nearly all of them report it the hot
test day of the year and some of them the hot
test for many years. The following figures
show thenumber of deg at the various points !:
New York, 3d.; Washington, 90; Baltimore,
100; New Castle, Del, 100; Richmond, Va,
1O4; Winchester, Va, 1902; Philadelphia, 50;
Wilmington, Del, 100 Staunton, Va, lOO;
Lockhaven, Pa, 100; Troy, N. Y, 95.
The excessive heat continued on the
18th, though the temperature throughout
the Northwest was greatly modified, and
rarely reached so high as 80 deg. At New
York the temperature was 80 deg. and at
midnight on the 10Th, II deg. At Philadel-
phia 50 deg, and 81 deaths from the heat re-
burg, Va, 1O6; st. Louis, Mo-, 10S, with 43
cases of prostration and deaths; Cincin-
natl, Ohio, 1902 deg to 104 deg, seventy-one
cases Of prostration, % proving fatal.
Louisville, KY, 100 deg, twelve cases of
4 fatal.
On the 10th, Mayor Francis of St.
Louis appointed the committee to carry the
invitation to President Cleveland to visit
the city of st. Louis during the fall festivi-
ties. On this committee were the presidents
OF the various associations having in charge
the fall festivities and many prominent cit
liens representing the Union and Confeder-
ate soldiers and business men. The colored
citizens are represented by one of their race
The delegation will startJuly %.
At Lexington, Miss, on the 18th R.
B. Chatham, Independent and Republican
candidate for the legislature, shot and
killed John S. Harkins, associate editor of
the Lexington Bulletin. Harkins father is
one of the Democratic nominees for the leg
islature. Chatham and young Harkins had
been discussing politics and drinking beer
freely during the day up to the time the dis
pute arose.
About 100 persons were injured in
the St. Thomas, Ont, Grand Trunk Mich
Central r. r. collision, on the 18TH and 10
were killed. 1t is reported that the engineer
but is claimed the main cause of the disas-
ter was the failure of the air brakes to work.
Nine lives were lost at St. Thomas,
Ont, on the 18th, by the collision of a Grand
Trunk excursion train with passenger
freight train Of the Michigan Central at the
OF the two roads. An Oil car of the
freight train was set on fire by the collision
and number of cars burned.
At Detroit, Mich, on the 18th Ber-
nard Michelfender, son of a wealthy brew
er, died from hydrophobia. He was bitten
by pet dog five weeks ago On Tuesday
the first symptoms of hydrophobia APP
peared, and after suffering terribly he died
after one of his commissions.
Mrs. John A. Logan has been i'll at
Carbondale, Ill, for several days, but on
the 18th, the crisis seemed to have passed
and her physician thinks she will get along
all right. She will probably be confined to
her bed for week or two.
The ex-union negro soldiers at New
Orleans are cIamoring for admission to the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Having been
refused by the local department., they will
appeal to the Grand encampment at St.
Louis
By collision of two stock trains on
the Burlington & Missisouri r. r., near Lin
coin, Neh., thirteen loaded cars were
burned and damage done to the total
Of $500,O00.
The Burlington supply depot at Lin
coin, Nebraska, was burned Monday night.
The damage is placed at 100000, with par
tial insurance.
Fire broke out in the car works at
Terre Haute, Ind, on the 18th and des-
troyed the whole establishment The loss
will be about $150,oO0, insurance unknown.
The largest fire Port Huron, Mich,
has had in years, was the burning of Cooley
& Campbell's planning mill on lumber yard
on the 18th Loss $4,000, insurance $1,000.
Ba timore & Ohio Garrett will prob
ably gobble up the Cincinnati, Hamilton e.
Dayton road, instead of selling his own
great line to syndicate.
A syndicate has purchased the island
of Santa Catalina, off the California coast,
for 5000, 900, and will make it health resort
Charles Crosse, a prominent citizen
of Cincinnati, hanged himself because he
feared he would become pauper.
Cattle have declined 25 cents per
hundred pounds in Chicago within aweek,
under excessive supplies.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
spent Sunday quietly resting at the Parson-
age at Forestport.
Congressman James f. Campbell will
seek the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor of Ohio
President Cleveland will be invited
by the business men, irrespective of party
to visit Chicago.
David B. Mosely, founder and editor
of the Religious Herald, died at Hartford,
aged "a.
Jacob Sharp is growing weaker
every day.